Test Eyesight Online, on Computer

Computer geeks and regular users addicted to the web and TVs, tend to have weaker eyesight. Doctors recommend few best practices to keep eyesight in a good shape, but other than that you should get them checked every year or so.

Prevent Eyesight from getting Worse

Here’s a quick way to prevent eyesight from getting worse: Its always good practice to give your eye muscles rest in-between long stresses. Watching a screen continuously can stress our eye muscles, best way to relax them is to focus on an distant object/text for couple of seconds after every 30 minutes. Doing so moves the focus to infinity, which actually is a zero effort view for the eyes.

How to test Eyesight online, using a Computer

Method I. DIY Snellen Chart

Snellen charts have been used by doctors since decades before computerized systems were developed. You can do that even today using DIY Snellen chart, Open the Snellen Chart image on your computer screen and measure the size of the big letter E using a physical ruler/scale. Multiply that number by 2.838 and stand that far from the screen while taking the test. Now try reading the different letters, top to bottom, if you are able to read last line with a sharp sight, you are good to go.